date:May 22, 2012
ortalso urged the authority to improve the consistency with which inspectors collect testing samples, after it discovered that many of the product specimens taken by inspectors were too large.
Finally, we found that FSIS needs to take steps to ensure that small plants, particularly those regulated by State meat inspection agencies as part of a cooperative agreement with USDA, are being correctly overseen,it added.
These small plants, which are often referred to Talmadge-Aiken (T/A) facilities,